tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.comments2023-11-05T06:19:26.250-05:00CHANNEL SURFINGHank Kalethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11564264315812266459noreply@blogger.comBlogger1733125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-86700710556785630262021-07-15T21:14:23.882-04:002021-07-15T21:14:23.882-04:00Covid's "danger" is in the Goofermen...Covid's "danger" is in the Gooferment overreacted and oppressing “We, The Sheeple” needlessly. Liberty is lost quickly and rarely regained. Just look at the level of taxation we have in the United States of America today!reinkefjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629246056431046851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-12702101602214626412018-06-29T14:48:27.169-04:002018-06-29T14:48:27.169-04:00Hi there<a href="https://www.pornocafajeste.com" rel="nofollow">Hi there</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14897344692136162174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-55436923502458706822017-12-07T01:50:53.085-05:002017-12-07T01:50:53.085-05:00target gift card balance<a href="https://www.tripadvisor.in/ShowUserReviews-g297390-d317907-r545480261-Angkor_Wat-Siem_Reap_Siem_Reap_Province.html" rel="nofollow">target gift card balance</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01060995841843822924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-2113759411353587872017-10-18T10:25:19.073-04:002017-10-18T10:25:19.073-04:00Drawing an equivalency (even on a very limited bas...Drawing an equivalency (even on a very limited basis) between Bernie and the monstrous Trump is giving me extreme agita and acid reflux. Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-41021889762866152017-09-28T10:12:05.685-04:002017-09-28T10:12:05.685-04:00Excellent opinion piece! We really need a truth an...Excellent opinion piece! We really need a truth and reconciliation commission(s) not only with African Americans but with the original peoples of "America" who had lived here for thousands of years. The Europeans systematically slaughtered and forcibly "relocated" the indigenous peoples to what amounted to prison camps. The same bloody history was duplicated in Central and South America as well.<br />Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-6890957100499727012017-09-19T10:38:39.235-04:002017-09-19T10:38:39.235-04:00I've seen many of these signs in the Princeton...I've seen many of these signs in the Princeton, Kingston and South Brunswick Township area. It's obviously a reaction to having a con man demagogue in the White house who uses dog whistles and fog horns to stir up racism, bigotry, prejudice, xenophobia and chauvinism for his own short sighted twisted purposes. Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-64202663071742632432017-08-31T10:18:31.281-04:002017-08-31T10:18:31.281-04:00Did you know you can shorten your urls with AdFly ...Did you know you can shorten your urls with <b><a href="http://shortener.syntaxlinks.com/r/AdFly" rel="nofollow">AdFly</a></b> and <b>make money from every visit to</b> your short urls.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-2026810247874544312017-08-22T22:47:32.223-04:002017-08-22T22:47:32.223-04:00It's hideous beyond words. Bush the dumb a$$ i...It's hideous beyond words. Bush the dumb a$$ is the gift that keeps on giving. He started two wars and two occupations and here we are with a lethal narcissistic boob in charge of things. For Bush and the GOP, the most important thing during a time of war was to lower taxes on the rich and the corporations. Trump wants to lower taxes on the rich and corporations also. How will the lost revenue be made up when you are spending vast fortunes on the military and wars and bombs? Kill off the social safety net. That was easy. Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-4110839785324560502017-08-07T12:19:18.571-04:002017-08-07T12:19:18.571-04:00Sadly, we have had a right wing/libertarian take o...Sadly, we have had a right wing/libertarian take over of our government, a peaceful ideological coup d'etat. The libertarian/rightwing dogma and agenda is total BS crap and claptrap that's beneficial to billionaires and toxic sludge for the poor and the working class Americans. There are enough useful idiots and morons who subscribe to this filth and so keep voting against their own best interests. Many of these libertarian useful idiots have no problem taking Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. If not for these social programs these libertarian fools would be in very bad straits. Libertarianism is the worst piece of fecal matter on the earth. It's great for billionaires but the worst for the 99% of Americans. The most important thing for libertarian fools is to lower the taxes of Steve Forbes and to kill off all the social programs so that the poor can go begging in the streets for charity. Ha, ha, it's not funny. We need universal health care NOW!!!! But it will never happen with the right wingers in control.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-8768155749491246692017-08-01T10:34:26.211-04:002017-08-01T10:34:26.211-04:00Are you enjoying Social Security, Medicare and any...Are you enjoying Social Security, Medicare and any other benefits that my tax dollars are supporting or supported (past tense)? The difference is I don't begrudge my tax dollars (past or present) going to these essential programs. I am more than happy to support these programs and I benefit from them as well, as do millions of other Americans.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-67996424156743479642017-07-27T11:10:17.955-04:002017-07-27T11:10:17.955-04:00Absolutely 100% spot on. Trump is an unmitigated d...Absolutely 100% spot on. Trump is an unmitigated disaster for this country and it's just been about 6 months of this dreck and toxic sludge from Trump, the despicable GOP, his appointees, cabinet and all the delporables who support this kakistocrat. A government of the worst, by the worst for the worst.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-58457936827307264522017-07-23T21:35:20.380-04:002017-07-23T21:35:20.380-04:00I don't "despise" poor people, but I...I don't "despise" poor people, but I do think that giving them "welfare" disables and trains them to be the government's dependents ... ... forever!reinkefjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629246056431046851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-92039947061569522872017-07-22T09:39:23.803-04:002017-07-22T09:39:23.803-04:00Poor people are hated and despised in this country...Poor people are hated and despised in this country. How dare they get any "handouts" or "freebies." They are just a bunch of moochers, layabouts, leeches, idlers and bums according to the given "wisdom" of hate wing radio, Fox News, etc. I hear this kind of crap all the time and see it in the comments sections of the news web sites. There's not only a war against unions but also against the poor in this country. Now that we have had a far right wing coup of our government we will see more crushing blows against the poor.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-26567540215834607012017-06-21T10:53:41.153-04:002017-06-21T10:53:41.153-04:00I was totally disgusted with the "ideological...I was totally disgusted with the "ideologically pure liberals/progressives" who refused to vote for Hillary. These hyper lefties always would say that a vote for the lesser evil is still evil. Oh, BALONEY! They voted 3rd party, Jill Stein or whatever. Gary Johnson (What's Aleppo?) was/is a total joke and subscribes to all the libertarian toxic gibberish. Stein had as much chance of winning as I would have had. For me, the SCOTUS and the other judicial positions were of paramount importance. Now the SCOTUS and the lower courts will go far right wing for decades. And yet Chris Hedges and Cornel West (for whom I have a lot of respect) refused to vote for the neoliberal, Hillary. So now we have a far right wing tool/idiot in the White House. Whoopee. I pray he doesn't get us into a major war. He's already done enough damage. I voted for Bernie first and then for Hillary to block the far worse alternative, Trump.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-55906300874274911132017-06-15T05:09:10.705-04:002017-06-15T05:09:10.705-04:00I agree wholeheartedly Mr. Kalet. http://freestat...I agree wholeheartedly Mr. Kalet. http://freestateofponder.com/index.php/2017/06/15/nigger-rich-and-the-hypothetical-white-boy-standard/ Please feel free to visit my site and leave your article as a comment. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04018483248705711442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-23035846613476853612017-05-24T10:30:11.134-04:002017-05-24T10:30:11.134-04:00There is a war on unions in this country and the p...There is a war on unions in this country and the plutocrats are winning. Too much of the media are anti-union and for that matter, too many Americans are anti-union. Where are those nifty swifty libertarians on unions with their free choice and faux individualism. Don't hold your breath for libertarians to support unions any time soon in the next 40,000 years. The libertarian toadies always support management over everything including unions. The billionaire libertarians are rabidly anti-union, think the Waltons or Koch brothers. The overall unionization rate is about 10%; compare that to the Scandinavian countries where the unionization rate is 51% and well above that as in Finland. Germany has works councils in which the workers have a seat at the board of directors' table. That is unthinkable in this anti-union country. Back in the 1950s the unionization rate was in the 30%-35% range and the top marginal tax rate was 91%. It's all up to the American people; if they are happy to become wage serfs without any benefits, then don't complain. We need unions more than ever, it will take a revolution to turn things around, hopefully it will be a bloodless struggle. Too much blood was shed in the labor union history of this country, we don't need any more violence. Perhaps the anti-unionism is related to the slave history of this country.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-6920682346644570332017-05-05T20:48:38.693-04:002017-05-05T20:48:38.693-04:00$800 billion to be cut from Medicaid!!!! Countless...$800 billion to be cut from Medicaid!!!! Countless seniors are in nursing homes paid for by Medicaid. What happens to them? Is some wheelchair bound elderly person with dementia going to be put out on the curb because she/he is no longer covered by Medicaid? What is the matter with this country?Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-63410110552920391152017-05-04T11:53:51.358-04:002017-05-04T11:53:51.358-04:00What the hell is the matter with this country? ALL...What the hell is the matter with this country? ALL, ALL, ALL the other wealthy industrialized democracies have some form or version of universal health care except this pathetic crony capitalistic greed nation. We need improved Medicare for all, single payer or the kind of system they have in Switzerland, Germany or Holland which is not exactly single payer. I hear so many people say that they don't want to pay for other people's health care or that they don't want the government controlling health care. What stupid, vile and short sighted comments and states of mind. Health care is a human right and a common good, I would be happy to pay a little more in taxes to arrive at true universal health care in this country. But the GOP, the oligarchs and too many sell-out Democrats stand in the way of universal health care.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-28908513441816086472017-04-27T12:37:03.808-04:002017-04-27T12:37:03.808-04:00Great comments by Hank.
This is boiler-plate GOP/l...Great comments by Hank.<br />This is boiler-plate GOP/libertarian toxic garbage, voodoo economics on steroids. Huge tax cuts for the corporations and wealthy that will cause a massive loss of revenue. In other words, starve the "beast" so the GOP can have an excuse to cut and kill all the social programs (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA, food stamps, meals on wheels, etc.) that ordinary Americans depend upon to survive and get health care. But wait there's more: the GOP is also hell-bent on deregulating the few economic and banking regulations that we do have. We are being set up for another economic Armageddon, worse than 2008. The GOP wants to eliminate pretty much any and all regulations that restrain corporations from totally raping the country and the population. Trump will probably be able to stack the SCOTUS with even more right wing/libertarian justices to back up, aid and abet his filthy agenda. Breyer and Ginsburg are getting on in years and probably will retire the next 4 years.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-66403031290478192422017-04-15T10:00:53.329-04:002017-04-15T10:00:53.329-04:00Hanging clothes in the back yard is a black thing?...Hanging clothes in the back yard is a black thing? Who knew? Hanging the clothes in the great outdoors gives the clothes a much better aroma plus it saves on the energy bills. Can't beat solar power but you do worry about stray birds making random fecal deposits. If Hank's neighbor reads this blog, he has been enlightened.<br />Speaking of prejudice: many decades ago I was sitting in a large lecture hall (about 100 students or more) at RU listening to a history professor describing Italy during the Mussolini regime. At the point where the professor said that the Italian people were too intelligent to buy into all the fascist garbage, the whole lecture hall burst out laughing. Italians and intelligent? Why those two words are mutually exclusive. I was not laughing as an Italian-American, I was shocked and aghast that so many "educated" people thought that Italians were stupid, ignorant goof balls and screw ups. I had no idea that so many Americans felt that Italians were so stupid and incompetent. I expected better from university students. That was in the 1960s. Would the reaction be better today? I hope so but I have my doubts. On the other hand, I must say that too many Italian-Americans spouted some of the racist comments about African-Americans, that shocked me, too. In my youth (and today), I thought it was so wrong and self-destructive for one minority to be trashing another minority since we are all in this life boat together. Unreasoning prejudice is toxic, corrosive and destructive.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-39575449108300565692017-03-15T11:20:24.206-04:002017-03-15T11:20:24.206-04:00Perhaps, "homelessness" could be ended b...Perhaps, "homelessness" could be ended by: a proper mental health intervention, a huge reduction in NJ property taxes, and removal of zoning that prevents tiny houses from being built? IMHO the Gooferment (at all levels) caused this problem and needs to get out of the way to solve it.reinkefjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629246056431046851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-4706370314928778192017-03-08T11:05:31.142-05:002017-03-08T11:05:31.142-05:00This whole health care song and dance that we go t...This whole health care song and dance that we go through in the US drives me insane and leaves me with an intense hatred for the GOP, libertarians and the right wing. This is about human lives, about human suffering. People are dying and suffering unnecessarily because we still do not have true universal health care in 2017!!! All the other advanced, wealthy industrialized democracies have universal health care, everyone's covered and no one goes bankrupt from medical costs or drug expenses. We have the most expensive and most cruel so-called health care system of the advanced democracies. The GOP does not give a damn and is determined to destroy what we do have. Given the history of this country, it's a miracle we have Medicare and Medicaid. It took a monster bully like LBJ to get those precious programs passed. Obama was no LBJ and was too conciliatory with the insurance companies. Obama should have gone with single payer or Medicare for all but he didn't have the will or even the intention. He went for this wishy-washy corporate sell out which the GOP hated anyhow. He reached across the aisle and had his arm ripped off.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-49155828506937726462017-03-01T13:14:30.373-05:002017-03-01T13:14:30.373-05:00Trump and the GOP are on a deregulating spree. Tru...Trump and the GOP are on a deregulating spree. Trump talked about deregulating the FDA. That will be an ABSOLUTE horror. Rushing drugs to the market will mean people will die or be maimed and injured for life. Trusting the drug companies to self regulate is a sick joke. It's profits over the health of the people.<br />Side note: what the hell is going on with Van Jones and Ed Schultz?! Both are praising Trump but Schultz is worse than Jones. Schultz is just a blatant whore who is a stooge for his pay masters at RT.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-55855389747132494442017-02-14T12:35:13.464-05:002017-02-14T12:35:13.464-05:00Just when you think that Sean Spicer and Kellyanne...Just when you think that Sean Spicer and Kellyanne Conway are the worst babbling liars and propagandists ever, along comes this very despicable humorless hyena/lap dog, Stephen Miller. This guy is such a blatant liar and uses such menacing language that it is off the charts disturbing. How will we survive 4 years of this garbage? Miller and Trump, etc., talk as if we have the weakest military ever. Total baloney. We have the strongest military on earth with all kinds of advanced technological toys beyond our wildest imaginations. These GOP scumbags will lavish trillions on the military while cutting taxes on the rich. The deficits will go through the roof and then the GOP will scream for cuts to all the social programs to balance the budget which they have busted. It's Bush #2 all over again. Will trump go to war against Iran or some other third world country? Probably.Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28006963.post-27106764983080428602017-02-03T11:44:57.379-05:002017-02-03T11:44:57.379-05:00Well said. I'm not excusing the Democrats for ...Well said. I'm not excusing the Democrats for their spinelessness and obsequiousness to the corporations and billionaires. But, the GOP is no longer a "normal" duplicitous political party, it is something far worse. It's a radical far right wing/libertarian movement determined to undo the New Deal and the Great Society social programs. The GOP is a menace and a threat to this country. Pence and Bannon were right wing radio hosts, a la Limbaugh or Hannity. Giuseppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418801372998968620noreply@blogger.com